After 29 Years of Searching, Nigerian Lastborn Finally Finds His Family, Gets Bad News About His Father

• A search that spanned over two decades finally came to an abrupt when a lastborn finally made contact with his family members
• The man has been looking for his loved ones fruitlessly since their separation when he was barely five months old
• He exclusively shared with Legit.ng an update on his family and the sad news he got about his biological father

Adewole Idowu Oluwatobi, the 29-year-old Nigerian man looking for his immediate family for over two decades, has finally established contact with them.

The lastborn confirmed to Legit.ng the exciting development but also shared sad news about his father.

According to Idowu, he discovered that his father, Adefalu Adewole, had passed away.

In his words:

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"I want to use this opportunity to appreciate Legit.ng. I want to appreciate everybody for their calls/texts and for sharing my write-up. My family has been found although my dad is late.

"Everyone, within and outside Nigeria played a vital role in reuniting me with my siblings..."

He added that they would be having a physical meeting, for the first time in 29 years, in Lagos soon.

Recall that Idowu shared with Legit.ng how he was separated from his family when he was barely five months old.

Nigerian man, 28, begins search for dad

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian man named Uche had begun a search for his dad.

Uche's search for his dad has seen him launch an appeal on Twitter and other social media platforms with no success.

The business administration graduate from Auchi Polytechnic, Benin, lost his mother, Tina Uwaifo, to cancer in 2017 and shared with Legit.ng what she told him while she was alive.

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Uche, an only child, stated that his mum lived and worked in Benin as a trader until her passing. When asked why he is relaunching the search for his dad years later, the self-employed man replied:

"It's been a year I decided to start searching for him only because I have a son now and I just want to try and find him because I don’t want to deny my kid the opportunity of knowing his true origin."

Source: Legit.ng